A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 67
Chongzhen eight years September [-]th.

Near the bandit camp in Hunhe, a battle between officers and soldiers and bandits is imminent.

Starting from the twelfth, the military forts in various places in Baoan Prefecture began to suppress the bandits in the territory. After many days of repeated fighting, the bandits united, and a final decisive battle was imperative.From fleeing when they saw officers and soldiers in the past to now daring to confront each other head-on, it can be seen that the combat power of the rogues has changed a lot.

The camp of the bandits was set up near Yizhuang, which was surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it an ideal place to camp.

At this time, a few miles away from the camp, the officers and soldiers of Baoan Prefecture had already come in crowds and formed a formation, which was the traditional three-fold formation of the Ming Dynasty.The front is the main army, and there are left and right wings, as well as the central army and the reserve team.Such mutual support can be used to attack and defend, and reinforcements can also be used to support each other.

At the position of the Chinese army, a striking flag was flying high there. The integrity officer Xu Zucheng was wearing armor, stroked his beard confidently and said: "Today we have gathered a large army, and we will definitely wipe out those bandits!"

Hearing what Xu Zucheng said, Yang Dongmin, the general next to him, Zhang Gui, the deputy of Shun Township Castle, Yang Zhichang, the defense officer of Wubao, and Shi Min, the team manager of Zhangjiabao, all fawned on him: "If you have an adult, it's time for you to fight!" The thieves must be wiped out!"

This time, in order to wipe out the thieves, Xu Zucheng, the integrity officer, sent an order to mobilize troops. From the several big forts of Shunxiang Fort, Wu Fort, and Zhangjiabao under the jurisdiction of Baoan Prefecture, officers and soldiers were successively dispatched to fight.

There are more than 150 soldiers in Shunxiangbao, and 20 soldiers are drawn. The subordinate Dongjiazhuang and Huiyaobao have [-] soldiers, [-] soldiers each.

The fifth fort has more than 200 soldiers, and 30 soldiers are drawn. The second, seventh, and Luanzhuang Forts under the subordinates each draw [-] soldiers.

Zhangjiabao had one hundred soldiers and 50 soldiers.

In addition to the [-] sergeants drawn from the state city, there is a total of more than [-] troops.

In the battles between officers and soldiers against rogue bandits, hundreds of people often defeated thousands of people, and thousands of people defeated tens of thousands of people.There are 1000 officers and soldiers this time, and there are only more than [-] rogues. If one thousand is against three thousand, how can there be no reason not to win?

No wonder everyone is so confident.

Zhang Gui, Yang Zhichang and others are deputy thousand households, so they are qualified to accompany Xu Zucheng. Hearing what they said, Xu Zucheng couldn't help nodding and smiling.Only Lin Daofu, Deputy Qianhu of Shun Xiangbao and the acting defender, did not make a sound, but just watched the situation in the formation carefully.

Seeing him like this, Xu Zucheng glanced at him calmly.

He raised his eyes and saw the soldiers standing in the front army, and the army was full of red.

The military uniforms of the Ming Dynasty were generally divided into red and yellow, and even the armor was decorated with two colors of vermilion lacquer.Because military uniforms are still red, military households in Ming Dynasty are also called Chiji.Of course, the armor of the frontier army is still a little more simple than the armor of the Beijing camp, not as colorful as theirs, and there are few decorative feathers on the top of the helmet.

In the arrangement of Xu Zucheng's army formation this time, he placed most of the sergeants of Shunxiang Fort on the left wing, most of the sergeants of Wubao on the right wing, and most of the sergeants of Zhoucheng and Zhangjiabao on the rear wing of the central army.Each wing is also divided into front, left, right, center and rear whistles.

The pressure to exterminate the bandits was enormous, so Xu Zucheng didn't have the intention to save his strength this time. He divided his servants into 70 people, and only placed them in the outpost of the square.In addition, each fort also selected some elite servants to fight at the outpost, and Wang Dou led his five teams of 72 soldiers, which were also located at the outpost.

In a sea of ​​red and yellow, the gray armor of the soldiers of Wang Dou's five teams is particularly attractive.

The military uniforms of the Ming Dynasty were also divided into grades. Generally, the lowest-level sergeants wore pure cloth military uniforms, which were red in color and were called mandarin duck battle jackets.Then there are sergeants wearing cloth armor, with some iron sheets and copper nails inlaid on the uniform, then cotton armor, which is used as a fire preventer, then leather armor, and then iron armor.

Among Xu Zucheng's servants next to Sergeant Wang Dou, they all wore water-milled iron hats like caps and nets, or high-bowl-style six-petal iron helmets, all with iron leaf collars, or wearing round collars and double-breasted shirts. Kaijia, or wearing red cloth and iron armor, the cloth exposed inside the armor leaves is all red.

Their armor is of course the best in the entire security state.However, these garrison troops are far worse than the soldiers battalions in the border towns. Among the soldiers led by the guerrilla generals, generals, general soldiers, and governors in each battalion, their soldiers have better armor. One ring.

The iron armor worn by the Wang Dou warriors is considered to be armor without any brand, and there is no paint on it. However, although these iron armors are rough and ugly, they are superior in atmosphere, thick, and absolutely practical for self-defense combat.The quality is not inferior to any battle barracks armor, or even better.

This time, Xu Zucheng, the ethics officer, dispatched soldiers from various forts to fight against the bandits. Wang Dou also volunteered and led seven teams of soldiers to help in the battle, five teams of soldiers and two teams of soldiers.

Although the two teams of soldiers were young and strong, they didn't even have mandarin duck battle jackets on them, and they wore clothes like beggars. Only the five teams of soldiers looked good, all of them were sturdy, and most of them had armor. In addition to Wang Dou's bravery, Xu Zucheng also placed high hopes on him, so he asked Wang Dou to lead five teams of soldiers to the front, and the two teams of soldiers were placed on the rear wing.

Although the sergeants of Jingbianbao don't look very outstanding in appearance, but in terms of military appearance, they are first-class in the army.

At this time, it is October in the Gregorian calendar of the later generations, and the frost has already passed. Last year, the weather had already cooled down, but the temperature is still high now. Those servants of Xu Zucheng beside Wang Dou, under the sunlight, All of them showed expressions of impatience, the queue was staggered, and several officers were also dispirited.

Although they are all stout, well-equipped, and seem to have very good personal skills, after all, they are servants who came out of Mr. Morality, with sufficient food and good training, so it is no wonder that their personal qualities are not high.However, it is obvious that these people still maintain the old-fashioned way of thinking in the military that they value individual martial arts, and disdain the formation and organization. Looking at their formation, Wang Dou shook his head secretly. , it is difficult to become a master.

On the other hand, the sergeants of Jingbian Fort stood in formation, with a strict military appearance. Even under the sun's rays, the formation was still in order.Many people were sweating on their faces, and no one wiped them off. They just stood solemnly with knives and guns.

Jingbian Fort's military discipline is extremely strict, especially the training of the queue, if there is any irregularity, it will be beaten with a baton. After a long time like this, the concept of orderly formation in the army has been deeply rooted in everyone's bone marrow.

Although they only had a few teams of soldiers, the formation formed by these small teams showed a chilling aura.

It caused Xu Zucheng's servants and the servants of other castles to keep looking at them with amazed eyes.

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Old White Bull:
Khan, I have something to do in the afternoon, so I didn't write much in this chapter, but when the time comes, I will update it first.

There is another chapter in the evening, it will not be released today, when the second volume is completed tonight, it will be published tomorrow, ha ha.

(End of this chapter)